Device for driving and forming piles.



PATENTBD APR. 16, 1907, W. T. MQGLINTOOK. DEVICE FOR DRIVING AND FORMING PILE S.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 9, 1805.

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WILLIAM nMc iriTooK, "oF'.srmneriniinywns'r VIRGINIA." e

"DEVICE FOR DRIVING-AND FORNllNG PILES- Noi'850 389. Specification of lietters'liatent. ramiie iingririeg' so'z:

Application ma 119mm 19 5. semi No. 236.619;

fjlf opa ll 'whomlit may'c oneernr t V Be'f it known that LzWI LIA-M T lifcCnixof the United States, residing orjotherwise secnred' a diiving header anvil -8, 1n the upper-end. of which is formed a- IlfG'.

cess or socket 9', n whicli 'adapted to beins'erted ewoodengbl'ock 10;5; block 101s crock-,2. 6111129 11 et f-S pringfieId;fiin the county of Hampsh re and Stateof W E?' "Virginie, heveinvented sefiil lrnpr'oveinents inD'e-. vice's'for Driving and Forming Piles; and I do declare "the following to'be a full, clear, and

fdriver piston, whichiworks-thron 'heed'.1-3,-se1d head being- -prov I Ifrusto-conic til-shaped recess to rece ve the .the'upper endofse'id body portion is shrunk Various changes in the forrn, proportion,

edepted to receive "the blows-from the pileh sn v ed 1m exectdeseri' tion of the invention, such as head 8 of the driving-took the sides .of 6'5, i9;Will-enablenthers skilled in the art to which. thelheed' 8 etdiirnet ll-yi' ppositeipoints 5 it a pertains to'meke andu se the same. areformed-iiecesses W i fl T LQd -P -'-l iis"inventi on relates toimprovernentsin" ed t o'be-engag grappli -hooks, -..devices'fordriving and forming piles.' I by means of hicfh he no fie-wit drawn Theobjectjofthe invention is to prov'ide ae. from-theholl'o ssr'pil thefseme flias been device-lorgt'ool for-'dri'vinghollow piles which "driven. e syib'e u's edas' theyere driven or which may 4 After the; hell liitsibeen driven into servens rno'lds'f'to ,rec'eive agconcrete filling, the ground to a. suite enceg the-fsalm'e said filling forming at concrete pile from "may be filledwith co crrientgvfliieh I whit hotter the same has been filled the holafter being filled rbe wltl'i dr'awn, leaving '75 2c l,oW;- pile may be withdrawn thus leaving. .simplythe' concrete pile embedded --'in .tlie- 08-1 q tli'c concrete pile in the ground. ground. In formin ithefooncret'e pil 8- Q1- I itli ;theeb0ve and other objects in view tion of the rneterie placed'intheho ow; thetipvntion consists of certain novel fee pile and is rammed? "e anfSQof 8} v fires f construction, combinatiomianfd ar clamping head or blocli.v

z zangeinentof part-s, aswill be hereinafter de' v.ablyconnected to the law; p sc'ribedand claimed. thetool 5 afterktliels'emehaseeri In the accoinpenving drawings; Figureil' 'is 'f1fom the hollowjpile, Sald blOGkQS ,a vertical sectional view of the device epitothe point of the" tool in enyysuitableiman v plied tel-end arranged :for' drivin a hollow r,-- -but' preferablyby means of a .-bol t 16, 8 5 o Fig;q-2;is a similar view of t e tool rewhicli -is pessedthrough an apertnrein: the moved from the pile. Fig. 3v is a. similar view; "fblook'ind throu h an aljn-ing aperture the of the hollow pile. Fig. 4 is a similar view of point of the too as shown] thechmw the hollow pile,v"sliowing the manner of using ing ihead or block is applied to the con thel ssme informing ,e' concrete pile. Fig; 5" cretei the lower endof the hollow ile s'aid c .jil iiiaide viewof the concrete pile after the concrete will bev forced downwar 'y-pwith hollow pile has been] removed therefrom. sufficient pressure-to cans'ethe' salmete bulge Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view on the goutwerdllv into the groundisuifroundingthe line 66 of'Fig; v i .lower; en ofJtlie tool;-thereby.forrningjan en-v 1 Referringmore piirticuli'rly. to thedrewrf ler'ged base L7,.for theflconerete pile 18, which 5 4. ings, l denotes u, hollow-pile upon the. lower biaisejwill add to the c-arryingcapacity, of the end of IhichisQshrunk-or otherwise secured a pile.. After the base portion"'1-7 -has been stren t'enijng 'ringor collar 2, the outer formed'lthet'ool 59nd theclamping-head 15- l edge of which is beveled, as sliown. are withdrawn from the hollow pile and the 'he, i1pper end' of the hollow pile is shrunk same filled I s th, concrete, which-is forced or 45;;- erotherwise secured 3 ring or collar-forming pressed into'the hollow pile by means oithe ahead 3 in thesides of which-atdia netrically pile 5 and the clamping-head 15, said conoppofsite points are formed 'apertures or slots crete uniting with the concrete forming the '4 to receive the ends oijgrappling-hooks base, thus. producing a' solid concrete pile rothBrfdevi eS for drawing the pile out of i from which the hollow pile Ina ,be "with 5'0 the' ground. drawn immediately'efterbeing ed. 7 1 'I-noi'der to fecilitate'tlie driving of the pile From the foregoing description,' taken in 1,' a driving-toolfi is provided, said tool c0n-. connection'with the accompanying drawings, sisting, of a cylindrical tubular body portion the construction andoperation of the inven 5; on the lower end of which is shrunk or tion will' be readily'understood without re- 11c 55 otherwise secured a driving-point 7, While on quiringl ainore extended explanation.

and theminor' detail s otconstr'uction may be I resorted toivitho'ut departing from. the prin ciple or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention l 1 Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is''- 1. A. pile-forming device comprising a hol low pile adapted to be driven into "the ground to receive a plastic pile-forming material, a

tool to enable said'pileltobe driven,- a tampinforcing ring itially as described.

ranged on its upper end, and means adapted "terial into said hollow described.

to be removably connected to the drivingpoint to force concrete or other plastic ma pile, substantially as A concrete-pileforming device. consist:

ing of a hollow pile having fornied on its my hand in lower end a beveled driving ring or collar, an annular driving ring orband'arranged on its upper end, said driving-ring having formed therein slots to receive an extracting device,

a driving-tool adapted to be inserted into saidihollow pile, saidvtoolhaving on its. lower end'a conically-shaped driving-point, a driving' head or anvil arranged. on the upper end of said tool, said head having formed in its sides recesses to receive the ends of extract ing devi'cesand in its top a socket, a Wooden block arranged-in said socket and a tanipingblock adapted to be removably" attached to- ,the lower end of said-dri'ving-point, substantially as and for the purposes desciibed.

.114. The combination, with an outer form or casin of a pile-core havinq an enlarged and non-detachable point and adapted to be driven underpressu-re, and a cap for adjust'-,

ment 'to the as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set presence-of two subscribing witpoint of said core, substantially nesse's. s

WILLIAM '1,v McoLINToC Witnesses P. L. HEDDING, K. E. LARKr s. 

